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the process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive stimuli from the environment
taking things in through the senses |
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| how your brain processes/ interprets information |
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| you take things in through senses and goes up to brain to be processed |
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| prior kmowlegde and expectations |
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| minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimuli, the moment when you realize that stimuli |
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| the moment when you see the difference, minimum stimuli |
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| to perceive a difference between two stimuli there must be a constant percentage of difference |
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| the focus of conscious awareness on a particular stimuli |
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| ability to listen to one voice among others |
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| failing to see something because your attention is focused somewhere else |
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| the process of converting physical into electronic codes that travel to brain |
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| assumes that there is no absolute threshold and detection depends on 4 factors |
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| diminished sensitivity as a consequence of a constant simulation |
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| the distance from the peak of a wave to the peak of the next wave |
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| the dimension of color determined by the wavelength |
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| amount of energy in a wave determined by light or the amplitude |
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| musle that allows/ controls the amount of light that comes into the eye |
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| focuses the light rays on the retina |
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| the process of the lens changing sizes to focus on certain things |
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| muscle that changes the size of the pupil |
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| contains sensory receptors that processes visual info and sends that to the brain |
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| central point in the retina where cones cluster |
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| detects black white and grey |
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| carries impulses from eye to brain |
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ability to carry out multiple things at once
multi tasking |
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| sensory receptors come/ are sent in pairs |
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| determined by the wave length of sound |
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| amount of energy in a wave |
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| a long wavelength means the wave is |
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| a short wavelength means the wave is |
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| collects and sends sound to eardrum |
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| chamber between eardrum and cochlea containing 3 tiny bones |
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| coiled body filled tube in the inner ear that transforms sound vibrations to electrical impulses |
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| carries impulses from cochlea to brain |
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| raised protrusions of the tongue surface where tastebuds are located |
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| one sense effects another sense |
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| sensory nerves in the nose |
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structure into forebrain that involved in olfaction
perception of odors |
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| pressure hot and cold vibration pain |
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| monitors the head and bodies position |
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| spinal cord has a gate that allows pain at certain times |
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| sense our body parts position and ]d movement |
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| sense of balance controls balance |
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